Welcome to Jennifer’s Garden, says the sign in the photo, and the only part Jennifer typed was her own name. The Garden Welcome personalized lawn plaque has “Welcome to” and “Garden” already cast in, with a name line between them and decorative flourishes around it. It’s the plainest of the welcome designs, so it suits a formal front bed as well as a cottage garden.

Filling in the name

The one line takes up to 14 characters at 1.25 inches tall. In the photo the name is set in capitals, JENNIFER’S, which is 10 characters. Spaces and the apostrophe count. A long surname with the possessive may run over, in which case a first name or “the Smiths” style wording solves it.

How the Garden Welcome personalized lawn plaque holds up

It’s cast in the USA from recycled aluminum. Aluminum won’t rust, so the sign stays clean at the edge of a wet bed year after year. The welcome, the flourishes, and your name are all cast as one piece. An all-weather coating goes over the casting and is backed by a five-year warranty.

Colors for a welcome sign

The Garden Welcome personalized lawn plaque comes in Antique Copper, Black/Gold, Bronze/Gold, or Green/Gold, and Bronze/Gold is in the photo. Black/Gold is the most legible from the sidewalk, which matters for a sign whose whole job is to greet people. Green/Gold is the one for a planting you’d rather not interrupt visually.

If you’d like ivy around the welcome instead of flourishes, the Ivy Trellis Garden Welcome plaque in the Garden Collection offers two shorter lines. The lawn address plaques handle the house number out front in the same cast aluminum. Spell the name on your Garden Welcome personalized lawn plaque exactly as you want it cast. Once placed, a personalized order can’t be changed or returned.